Putin hits Kyiv with North Korean missiles & Russian airbase near Moscow 'ablaze'
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,031
Today, as Kyiv comes under renewed intense bombardment, we speculate over a possible Russian advance in the South, and later, we interview a blind lawyer in Kharkiv.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
With thanks to Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist & narrative podcast producer). @adeliepjz on X.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, as Kiev comes under renewed intense bombardment, we speculate over a possible Russian advance in the South. |
| 0:16.0 | And later, we interview a blind lawyer in Kharkiv. |
| 0:30.7 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:35.5 | The first duty of my government is security and defence to make clear our unshakable support of NATO and with our allies |
| 0:40.1 | towards Ukraine. |
| 0:42.9 | Keep stand strong. Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're strong. Where Ukraine is. |
| 0:49.3 | It's Friday, the 20th of December. Two years and 306 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 0:56.9 | And today I'm joined by our associate editor of defence, Dominic Nichols, in our last episode |
| 1:01.8 | together sharing the airwaves in 2024. |
| 1:05.7 | Over to Dom for the latest from the battlefield, and a round-up of other important military stories as this year draws to a close. |
| 1:15.6 | Well, thanks Francis. Hello everybody. Well, let's start in Kiev. That's the focus so far this morning. It's come under massive aerial bombardment. I think it is over. But please, if you're in the city, let us know if it is still going on. |
| 1:28.5 | Numerous missile and drone attacks this morning. |
| 1:31.3 | I've seen reports of two people killed so far, injuring, well at least a dozen, causing damage across the city. |
| 1:38.3 | Multiple explosions reported from Kiev around 7 a.m. local time. |
| 1:43.4 | Russia attacked with at least five ballistic missiles of the |
| 1:46.5 | Ascanda M or North Korean KN23 variant missiles that comes from Ukraine's Air Force and a number of |
| 1:53.9 | a number of drones. All five missiles were reportedly shot down with debris falling in several |
| 1:59.6 | districts of the city. |
| 2:05.0 | Keev Indy, Keev Independent is keeping us up to date with reporting there, so do you have a look at their website. |
| 2:06.2 | 40 out of 65 Shaheed-type drones and other drones, other uncrewed aerial vehicles, were |
| 2:12.6 | brought down. |
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